precontrivev.
/ˌpriːkənˈtrʌɪv/, U.S. /ˌprikənˈtraɪv/ Now rare.
transitive (usually in passive). To contrive beforehand; to plan, create, etc., in advance.
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the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (transitive)] > think out or plan beforehand
purpense1450
prepense1509
premeditate?1526
precogitate1569
cogitate1570
predesign1630
preconsider1647
precontrive1671
preconfigure1809
predeliberate1989
1671 R. McWard Case of Accomm. 73 Which tacite surrender I do really iudge to be more strongly implied, and of a more sinistruous consequence, then can be purged by a naked protestation, especially the same being precontrived & capitulat.
1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope III. 104 (note) When the mind had the will to raise the arm to the head, the body was so pre-contrived, as to raise, at that very moment, the part required.
1799 Thoughts on alleviating Miseries Common Prostitution 15 Opportunity was precontrived, and her ruin was complete.
1836 J. Reed Speech Failure Appropriations for Fortifications 27 Jan. 13 Emergencies might easily be foreseen, perhaps even precontrived, in which either of those events would be attended with very great public inconvenience.
1840 Times 7 Sept. 4/2 The machinery of the returns is precontrived in the Castle of Dublin.
2001 BBC Monitoring Middle East (Nexis) 30 May The dividing slogans are pre-contrived and exported.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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